On Wed, 19 Mar 2003 09:33:05 +0300 Roman Kaljakin <wormpost@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 18 Mar 2003 16:11:20 +0000 (GMT) > Mike Rawes <mike_rawes@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > 1. A unified Plugin API > > > > All of the above softsynths have their own plugin format, for > > various reasons. LADSPA (http://www.ladspa.org) has helped with > > this, making much excellent code available for all these softsynths. > > However, the (intentional) simplicity of LADSPA has prevented the > > various formats being replaced entirely. > > Most of synth (i.e. SpiralSynthModular, AlsaModularSynth, Octavian) > have LADSPA support already. I know - that's why I said it has helped :) > LADSPA is good for filters, but not for oscillators and other > voltage controlled (in modular synths) modules. There's no reason why you can't do oscillators in LADSPA: http://blop.sf.net One thing you can't do is sampler-type stuff as there's no file I/O - although there is a stomp-box type sampler out there: http://www.dexterssandbox.com/sooperlooper - Mike
